Tie-plate.



J. L. LYNGI-L TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION ULEB JAN. Ls, 1914*.

MS. 5TM

McKeespoi-t, in the county of JOSEPH L. LYNCH, OF MOKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 4 rin-PLATE.

Speciflcationof Letters Patent.

Patenten aan. ra, reis..

Application led January 16, 1914. Serial No. 812,480.

To all whom t may concern.; i

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L.

LYNCH, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie- Plates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates'to new and useful improvements in-metal ware plates for railway ties and has particular reference to the provision of such plates provided with means preventing relative movement of the plate to the tie.

The object ofl the present invention resides in the provision 'of a tie plate of the class described which is provided with means preventing the rail from creeping forward, when a train is movingthereover with its brakes applied, or creeping backward when an engine positioned thereon is starting a heavy load..

A further object ofthe invention resides in the provision of such' atie plate which may be readily associated with relatioi to a tie and rail and which is of such simple construction as to conduce to economical manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention resides in the novel combination,

formation and arrangement of parts to be more fully hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claim hereto appended. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure. l is aside elevational view of the plate in attached position, showing the rail in cross section2 Fig. 2 is a top plan view of what is shown 1n Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plate and F ig.4 isa bottom plan view of the plate.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates a railway tie of any desired material and 6` desig' nates the improved tieplate whichis held thereon by the screws 7 or other suitable retaining means. To relieve the shearing top face thereof is provided with a plurality of transverse grooves 10.

The rail 11 is positioned on the top face of the plate and within a seat formed by the transversely extending lupstanding ribs 12. 'Io prevent creeping of the rail with relation to the plate, the side portions of the rail are provided with recesses 13 and the plate is provided inwardly of the ribs with projections 14 forming shoulders against which the ends of the recess abut. The usual retaining spikes 15 are passed through the projections 14.

It is thus seen that the rail is firmly held against creeping, as the plate is held against creeping movement with relation .to the tie which is firmly embedded and the rail is held against movement with relation to thL plate. A very simple structure is thus provided which will eticiently perform all of the functions normally required thereof.

What'is claimed is: I A y A tie plate comprising, in combination with a tie and rail, a body portion posi tioned on the tie, a pair of spaced ribs formed on the lower side of said body portion and extending transversely of the tie, a Z-shaped rib formed on the under side of said body portion and having its parallel portions disposed at right angles to said ribs, said ribs serving to bite into the tie and prevent longitudinal movement and lateral movement of said *body portion thereon7 and means on said body portion for engagement with the base of a rail whereby said rail will be prevented from movement on said body portion.

In testmony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

J. L. LYNCH. Witnesses:

WM. BAEHR, J. R. LYNCH. 

